OmegaCAM is a 1 square degree wide field, optical, 16k X 16k camera for the VLT Survey Telescope (VST). OmegaCAM has been commissioned Summer 2011 and has started operations mid-Oct 2011. KIDS survey data is currently being taken at Paranal Observatory in Chile and processed by the Astro-WISE consortium in Europe
(see also VST portal).

News

OmegaCAM en VST van start

Recent Project Information

The Astro-WISE Brochure
The Astro-WISE information system was designed for OmegaCAM. This brochure
contains descriptions of the Astro-WISE environment and the Dutch and European
programme for Astro-WISE in 2008 and beyond.

Article: OmegaCAM: the 16k × 16k CCD Camera for the VLT Survey Telecope, in PDF format, as published in ESO Messenger 110.